All our Machu Picchu trips are led by expert Local Specialists who take you on an incredible tour through the temples, terraces and palaces of the Incas.Try to stay in Machu Picchu and surrounding areas like Cusco and the Sacred Valley for more than one night so you can experience the local food and culture.Always stick to the trails and never touch or climb the ancient ruins.Tourists must enter in staggered time periods, all visitors must be accompanied by an approved guide and they must stick to the specific trails through the site. They’ve limited tickets to 5,600 per day, although that’s still more than double the number suggested by UNESCO. The Peruvian government has since announced a five year, $43.7 million plan to preserve the ruins. After years of littering, eroding pathways and visitors climbing all over the ancient ruins, UNESCO threatened to put Machu Picchu on its “List of World Heritage in Danger” in 2016. The number of tourists visiting Machu Picchu, has jumped from less than 400,000 tourists a year to over 1.4 million visitors in just 20 years, and this ancient Incan site isn’t built to handle it. This iconic destination in Peru has struggled with overtourism for decades. Their ancestors have lived in the village for over 500 years and you’ll get to hear some wonderful stories. We’ll take you to Osojnik, a village in the Dubrovnik area, where you’ll join the Muhoberac family for a traditional ‘Be My Guest’ dinner. We see the famous sights but we also get out of the main city to ‘Connect with Locals’.When we are in Dubrovnik, we only organise small group sightseeing walking tours to avoid clogging up the streets of this stunning medieval city.We visit lesser-known destinations in Croatia that aren’t suffering from overtourism, like Pula, Korčula and Zadar.We stay in Dubrovnik for at least two to three nights on our Croatia trips.You can take our Croatia trips during the shoulder seasons including May, June, September and October.Spread out your Croatia trip to also include visits to less crowded places like Zadar, a city on the Dalmatian Coast, Pula, a coastal city on the Istrian Peninsula, and Vis or Korčula, two beautiful islands in the Adriatic Sea.Try to visit for more than one night so you can experience the local food and culture.Plan your visit to Dubrovnik during the shoulder seasons of May to June or September to October, instead of the peak summer season.
The Dubrovnik city mayor Mato Frankovic has since announced the city will only accept two cruise ships a day in 2019, with a limit of 5,000 passengers allowed. There were 5,000 residents in 1991 but in 2017 there were only 1,157 people living in the Old Town. The noise and crowds are also forcing residents out. Thousands of passengers pour in and usually only stay for a few hours, so while they bring the noise and congestion, they spend very little money. The cruise ships are a huge problem, with 529 cruise ships bringing 799,916 passengers to Dubrovnik in 2016 alone. The city’s Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and there is concern that the thousands of tourists walking the ancient streets and defensive walls could damage the buildings. Dubrovnik, CroatiaĬroatia has taken off in recent years and Dubrovnik is struggling to cope, due to an influx of cruise ships and Game of Thrones fans. Read on to discover 9 iconic destinations struggling with overtourism, and what we can do to help. From travelling in off-peak seasons to supporting local communities and lesser-known destinations, there are plenty of steps we take to travel responsibly and reduce the burden of overtourism. Many overtourism destinations are now putting in measures to manage the crowds while protecting the rights of locals.Īs a global tour company, we also play our part to try and combat the overtourism problem. While tourism often leads to a welcome economic boost, overtourism – overcrowding from too many tourists – is incredibly damaging to the environment and local communities. Overtourism has become a major problem in cities and countries around the world.
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